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From bauxite residue to wafer, the loop closes inside Europe.\n <\/p>\n <div class=\"hero-actions reveal in r-d2\">\n <a href=\"#technology\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">\n Explore the technology <span class=\"arr\">\u2192<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a href=\"#consortium\" class=\"btn btn-ghost\">\n 14 partners, 6 countries <span class=\"arr\">\u2192<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <aside class=\"hero-side reveal in r-d3\">\n <div class=\"hero-side-label\">Project at a glance<\/div>\n <div class=\"hero-side-rows\">\n <div class=\"hero-side-row\">\n <span class=\"k\">Programme<\/span>\n <span class=\"v\">Horizon Europe<br><em>Cluster 4 \/ Industry<\/em><\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero-side-row\">\n <span class=\"k\">Coordinator<\/span>\n <span class=\"v\">METLEN<br><em>Energy & Metals<\/em><\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero-side-row\">\n <span class=\"k\">Partners<\/span>\n <span class=\"v\"><em>14<\/em> organisations<br>across <em>6<\/em> countries<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero-side-row\">\n <span class=\"k\">Target TRL<\/span>\n <span class=\"v\"><em>6<\/em> \u2013 <em>7<\/em><\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero-side-row\">\n <span class=\"k\">Duration<\/span>\n <span class=\"v\">48 months<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/aside>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<!-- ============== ELEMENTS STRIP ============== -->\n<section class=\"elements-strip\">\n <div class=\"elements-strip-inner\">\n <div class=\"elements-strip-label\">Five elements \u00b7 One value chain<\/div>\n <div class=\"elements-grid\">\n <div class=\"el-cell\">\n <div class=\"el-cell-top\"><span class=\"num\">31<\/span><span>69.72<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-sym\">Ga<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-name\">Gallium<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell\">\n <div class=\"el-cell-top\"><span class=\"num\">32<\/span><span>72.63<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-sym\">Ge<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-name\">Germanium<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell\">\n <div class=\"el-cell-top\"><span class=\"num\">33<\/span><span>74.92<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-sym\">As<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-name\">Arsenic<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell\">\n <div class=\"el-cell-top\"><span class=\"num\">49<\/span><span>114.82<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-sym\">In<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-name\">Indium<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell\">\n <div class=\"el-cell-top\"><span class=\"num\">51<\/span><span>121.76<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-sym\">Sb<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-cell-name\">Antimony<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- ============== ABOUT ============== -->\n<section id=\"about\">\n <div class=\"section-inner\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">01<\/span> \u00b7 About the project<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"section-title\">Europe makes chips. <em>Not<\/em> the metals inside them.<\/h2>\n\n <div class=\"about-grid\">\n <div class=\"about-body\">\n <p>\n Semiconductors power the green and digital transition \u2014 but Europe depends almost entirely on imports of the strategic metals that make them possible. <em>InGaGe closes that gap.<\/em>\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The project develops and demonstrates integrated processes for the recovery of <strong>Gallium<\/strong> from bauxite residue and crude-Ga production waste, <strong>Indium<\/strong> from zinc-smelting alloys, <strong>Germanium<\/strong> from optical cables and LEDs, <strong>Antimony<\/strong> from copper processing residues, and <strong>Arsenic<\/strong> from GaAs wafer waste and legacy metallurgical dust.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Beyond extraction, InGaGe innovates the downstream value chain itself: a novel plasma refining method delivers ultra-pure gallium, while a scaled HTVPE reactor produces 2-inch GaN wafers from recovered metal. Recovered indium and gallium are validated in industrial InP and GaAs wafer production at <strong>Freiberger Compound Materials<\/strong> \u2014 closing the loop from waste back to wafer.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The result is a sovereign, sustainable, cost-competitive European semiconductor value chain \u2014 aligned with the <strong>Critical Raw Materials Act<\/strong> and the <strong>European Green Deal<\/strong>.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <aside class=\"problem-card\">\n <h3>The challenge, in numbers<\/h3>\n <div class=\"stat-row\">\n <div class=\"stat-num\">98<span class=\"unit\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-desc\">EU import reliance on gallium \u2014 a strategic raw material under the CRM Act.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-row\">\n <div class=\"stat-num\">0<span class=\"unit\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-desc\">Of these five metals is currently recycled from European secondary resources.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-row\">\n <div class=\"stat-num\">5.5<span class=\"unit\">Mt\/y<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-desc\">Bauxite residue produced in Europe annually \u2014 almost entirely landfilled, despite its gallium content.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-row\">\n <div class=\"stat-num\">\u221230<span class=\"unit\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"stat-desc\">Lower GHG emissions targeted compared to state-of-the-art primary production.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/aside>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- ============== TECHNOLOGY ============== -->\n<section id=\"technology\">\n <div class=\"section-inner\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">02<\/span> \u00b7 The technology<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"section-title\">From industrial waste<br>to <em>semiconductor-grade<\/em> metal.<\/h2>\n <p class=\"section-intro\">\n InGaGe builds a complete European value chain in four interconnected stages \u2014 each demonstrated in a real industrial environment by the partner best equipped to scale it.\n <\/p>\n\n <div class=\"flow-grid\">\n <div class=\"flow-step\">\n <span class=\"step-num\">01 \u00b7 Sourcing<\/span>\n <h4>European secondary resources<\/h4>\n <p>Industrial by-products, metallurgical residues and end-of-life electronics already on European soil \u2014 never landfilled again.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"flow-step\">\n <span class=\"step-num\">02 \u00b7 Recovery<\/span>\n <h4>Green hydrometallurgy<\/h4>\n <p>Selective leaching, ion-exchange, solvent extraction and electrowinning, tuned for each element's chemistry.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"flow-step\">\n <span class=\"step-num\">03 \u00b7 Refining<\/span>\n <h4>Novel plasma purification<\/h4>\n <p>A hydrogen-plasma reactor refines crude Ga to 5N \u2013 7N purity \u2014 faster, cleaner and more energy-efficient than zone refining.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"flow-step\">\n <span class=\"step-num\">04 \u00b7 Validation<\/span>\n <h4>Wafers, closed-loop<\/h4>\n <p>Recovered metals are validated in industrial GaAs, InP and GaN wafer production. Loop closed.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"element-detail\">\n <div class=\"element-detail-header\">\n <h3>Five elements, <em>five recovery routes<\/em>.<\/h3>\n <span class=\"legend\">All routes targeting TRL 6 \u2013 7<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"el-row\">\n <div class=\"el-row-sym\" data-num=\"31\">Ga<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-content\">\n <h4>Gallium<\/h4>\n <div class=\"el-row-source\">From bauxite residue \u00b7 crude-Ga production waste<\/div>\n <p>Recovered through a holistic valorisation flowsheet that also yields pig iron, alumina hydrate and recycled soda \u2014 turning Europe's most-landfilled industrial by-product into a strategic raw material.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Recycling efficiency<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u2265 85%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Refined purity<\/span><span class=\"val\">5N \u2013 7N<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">EU imports cut<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u221275%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"el-row\">\n <div class=\"el-row-sym\" data-num=\"32\">Ge<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-content\">\n <h4>Germanium<\/h4>\n <div class=\"el-row-source\">From optical cables \u00b7 LED assemblies (WEEE \/ ELV)<\/div>\n <p>Mechanical separation of Ge-rich glass fibres, followed by pressure leaching and ion-exchange recovery \u2014 unlocking germanium from a waste stream that today is irrecoverably lost in shredding.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Fibre separation<\/span><span class=\"val\">\u2265 85%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Overall yield<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u2265 90%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">EU imports cut<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u221245%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"el-row\">\n <div class=\"el-row-sym\" data-num=\"49\">In<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-content\">\n <h4>Indium<\/h4>\n <div class=\"el-row-source\">From zinc-smelting by-products \u00b7 InP wafer waste<\/div>\n <p>A three-stage route \u2014 drossing concentration, hydrometallurgical extraction, electro-refining \u2014 produces 4N indium ready for InP wafer manufacturing. A parallel patent-pending process recycles InP production waste safely.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Concentration factor<\/span><span class=\"val\">\u2265 10\u00d7<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Final purity<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>4N<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">EU imports cut<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u221241%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"el-row\">\n <div class=\"el-row-sym\" data-num=\"51\">Sb<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-content\">\n <h4>Antimony<\/h4>\n <div class=\"el-row-source\">From copper-processing residues<\/div>\n <p>Acidic leaching, selective Sb\u2082O\u2083\u00b72SbOCl precipitation and chloride removal yield semiconductor-grade Sb\u2082O\u2083, with parallel bismuth recovery as a co-product \u2014 making the route economically robust.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Sb yield<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u2265 90%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Co-product<\/span><span class=\"val\">Bismuth<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Pilot throughput<\/span><span class=\"val\">10+ kg<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"el-row\">\n <div class=\"el-row-sym\" data-num=\"33\">As<\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-content\">\n <h4>Arsenic<\/h4>\n <div class=\"el-row-source\">From GaAs wafer recycling \u00b7 legacy metallurgical flue dust<\/div>\n <p>A novel deep-eutectic-solvent electrowinning route safely converts arsenic-bearing hazardous waste into 99% pure As\u2082O\u2083, fed back into GaAs wafer production \u2014 transforming a chronic liability into a strategic feedstock.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"el-row-kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">As recovery<\/span><span class=\"val\"><em>\u2265 90%<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Product purity<\/span><span class=\"val\">99% As\u2082O\u2083<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-line\"><span class=\"lbl\">Demo capacity<\/span><span class=\"val\">500+ kg<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- ============== IMPACT ============== -->\n<section id=\"impact\">\n <div class=\"section-inner\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">03<\/span> \u00b7 Impact<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"section-title\">A <em>sovereign<\/em> European chip industry.<\/h2>\n <p class=\"section-intro\">\n InGaGe's first technology rollout \u2014 using only the volumes already available within the consortium \u2014 would dramatically reduce Europe's dependence on imported semiconductor raw materials.\n <\/p>\n\n <div class=\"impact-grid\">\n <div class=\"impact-card\">\n <div class=\"el-mark\">Ga \u00b7 Gallium<\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-pct\">\u221275<span class=\"small\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-label\">Gallium imports<\/div>\n <p class=\"impact-desc\">From bauxite residue and crude-Ga waste at METLEN's Greek alumina refinery.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-card\">\n <div class=\"el-mark\">Ge \u00b7 Germanium<\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-pct\">\u221245<span class=\"small\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-label\">Germanium imports<\/div>\n <p class=\"impact-desc\">From optical cables and LEDs collected through EMR's European recycling network.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-card\">\n <div class=\"el-mark\">In \u00b7 Indium<\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-pct\">\u221241<span class=\"small\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-label\">Indium imports<\/div>\n <p class=\"impact-desc\">From multi-metal alloys already produced at HYDROMETAL's Belgian recycling plant.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-card\">\n <div class=\"el-mark\">Sb \u00b7 Antimony<\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-pct\">\u22129<span class=\"small\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-label\">Antimony imports<\/div>\n <p class=\"impact-desc\">From copper-processing by-products co-recovered with bismuth as a value-added side stream.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-card\">\n <div class=\"el-mark\">As \u00b7 Arsenic<\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-pct\">\u22123<span class=\"small\">%<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"impact-label\">Arsenic imports<\/div>\n <p class=\"impact-desc\">From GaAs wafer recycling waste \u2014 closing a hazardous-waste loop within the EU.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"impact-pillars\">\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <h4>Scientific<\/h4>\n <p>New knowledge in hydrometallurgy, plasma refining and green wafer manufacturing \u2014 <em>published open-access<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <h4>Economic<\/h4>\n <p><em>20 \u2013 30%<\/em> lower production costs, three industrial business cases with strong ROI, and at least five exploitable results ready for scaling.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <h4>Societal<\/h4>\n <p>Reduced emissions, fewer mining liabilities, secured European supply, and <em>stronger public trust<\/em> through transparency and circularity.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- ============== CONSORTIUM ============== -->\n<section id=\"consortium\">\n <div class=\"section-inner\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">04<\/span> \u00b7 Consortium<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"section-title\">A European value chain<br>in a <em>single<\/em> project.<\/h2>\n <p class=\"section-intro\">\n Fourteen partners across six countries \u2014 bringing together raw-material producers, recyclers, metallurgical research centres, plasma physicists and the world's largest monocrystalline GaAs wafer manufacturer.\n <\/p>\n\n <div class=\"consortium-layout\">\n <div class=\"eu-map\">\n <div class=\"eu-map-frame\" id=\"leaflet-map\" aria-label=\"Interactive map showing InGaGe partner locations across Europe\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"eu-map-caption\">\n <span>Click on a marker to see partner details<\/span>\n <span>6 countries \u00b7 14 partners<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"partners-list\">\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">GR<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">METLEN Energy & Metals<span class=\"role\">Coordinator \u00b7 Ga producer<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metlen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">BE<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">HYDROMETAL S.A.<span class=\"role\">Non-ferrous metal recycling<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jgi-hydrometal.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">BE<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">Jean Goldschmidt International<span class=\"role\">Affiliated to HYDROMETAL<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jgi-hydrometal.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">GR<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">National Technical University of Athens<span class=\"role\">Hydrometallurgy \u00b7 Ga extraction<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntua.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">GR<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">Lavrion Technological & Cultural Park<span class=\"role\">Legacy As waste site<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.ltcp.ntua.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">DE<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">RWTH Aachen University \u2014 IME<span class=\"role\">Process metallurgy & recycling<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rwth-aachen.de\/go\/id\/a\/?lidx=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">NO<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">SINTEF AS<span class=\"role\">Plasma refining<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sintef.no\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">DE<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">TU Bergakademie Freiberg<span class=\"role\">GaN wafer production<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tu-freiberg.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">DE<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">LuxChemtech GmbH<span class=\"role\">InP recycling \u00b7 refining<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lc-freiberg.de\/about-us\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">UK<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">European Metal Recycling<span class=\"role\">ELV & WEEE collection<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.emrgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">SK<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">CMK s.r.o.<span class=\"role\">Ga refining \u00b7 GaAs recycling<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cmk.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit \u2197<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-item\">\n <div class=\"partner-flag\">DE<\/div>\n <div class=\"partner-name\">Freiberger Compound Materials<span class=\"role\">GaAs \/ InP wafer manufacturer<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"partner-link\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" 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